1.- Broca's brain : reflections on the romance of science ( Sagan, Carl ) [2999123 - PT187]
Broca, Paul 1824-1880
Ballantine Books. New York. 1993. 18 cm. xiv, 398 p. Encuadernación en tapa blanda de editorial ilustrada. Idioma Inglés. Reprint. Originally published: New York : Random House, 1979. Includes index. "A fascinating book on the joys of discovering how the world works"--P. [4] of cover. "As long as there have been human beings, we have posed the deep and fundamental questions, which evoke wonder and stir us into at least a tentative and trembling awareness, questions on the origins of consciousness; life on our planet; the beginning of the Earth; the formation of the Sun; the possibility of intelligent beings somewhere up there in the depths of the sky; as well as, the grandest inquiry of all--on the advent, nature, and ultimate destiny of the universe. we are on the verge of glimpsing at least preliminary answers to many of these questions. This book, then, is about the exploration of the universe and ourselves; that is, it is about science"--P. xi-xii. Bibliography: p. 369-372. Contents Science and human concern. Broca's brain -- Can we know the universe? Reflections on a grain of salt -- That world which beckons like a liberation -- In praise of science and technology -- The paradoxers. Night walkers and mystery mongers : sense and nonsense at the edge of science -- White dwarfs and little green men -- Venus and Dr. Velikovsky -- Norman Bloom, messenger of God -- Science fiction--a personal view -- Our neighborhood in space. The Sun's family -- A planet named George -- Life in the solar system . ISBN: 0345336895 (pbk.); 9780345336897 (pbk.) Si desea recoger personalmente este libro en la librería, solicítelo, por favor, con 6 horas de antelación.
Precio: 10.9 €

2.- Musicophilia : tales of music and the brain ( Sacks, Oliver W. ) [2913938 - LD238]
Música
Picador. London. 2008. 20 cm. xv, 425 p. Encuadernación en tapa blanda de editorial ilustrada. Idioma Inglés . ISBN: 9780330418386 (pbk.); 0330418386 (pbk.) Si desea recoger personalmente este libro en la librería, solicítelo, por favor, con 6 horas de antelación.
Precio: 18.9 €

3.- The synaptic organization of the brain [2886251 - LP263]
Oxford University Press. New York. 1998. 23 cm. 638 p. Encuadernación en tapa blanda de editorial ilustrada. Idioma Inglés . ISBN: 0195118243 Si desea recoger personalmente este libro en la librería, solicítelo, por favor, con 6 horas de antelación.
Precio: 6.9 €